Improvement in pressed-glass trimmings for chandeliers, brackets



J. H..HoBBs.4 A PRESSED GLASS TRIMMINGSWFOR-CHANDELIERS, 'BRAGKET &C`.

Patented Sept.1Z,'1876.

No.18Z,07YZ.

I'UN-rrED STATES Prrnlv'r OFFICE,

JOHN H. HOBBS, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN PRESSED-GLASSKTRIMMINGS FORCHANDELI-ERS. BRACKETS. te,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 82,072, datedSeptember l2, 1876; application filed August 24,1876.

To all whom it may concern:l

Be it known that I, JorrN H. HoBBs, of Wheeling, county of Ohio, Stateof West Virginia, have invented or discovered a new and usefulImprovement in Pressed Glass Trimmings for Chandeliers and Brackets; andI do hereby declare the following lto be a full, clear, concise, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompany draw-Iing, making a part of'this specification, in which-like lettersindicating like parts- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the lower part ofa two-bracket chandelier, showing my improvement applied thereto in oneof the many formsof its application. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of amold in which the bracketmounting of Fig. 1 is made; and Fig. isV atransverse sectional view of the open sided bracket-mountin g thusproduced.

My improvement relates to pressed-glass mountings or trimmings to beapplied to and used on the metallic bracket-arms and gas- Ways ofchandeliers, wall-brackets, &c. Such mountings or trimmings I make,preferably, U-shapcd or V-shaped, or open on at least one side, so thatthey may be placed'laterally onto the brackets or bracket-arms, there tobe held in place in any convenient Way. Such open sided mountings ortrimmings may be made either plain or with any desired design thereon,or more or less open on the sides intended to inclose the metallicbracket pipes or arms, such varied features to be secured Aby the properconformations of the mold cavity and plunger face, though thesand-blast, grinding, &c., may be employed o n thepressed article, if sodesired, to give it further ornamentation.

The object of my invention is to produce chandeliers and wallbracketshaving the neatness and finish of hand-made glass-Work, but at a greatlyreduced cost, so as to bring such articles within the reach ot' many whoare unable to buy the more costly article.

In chandelier and wall brackets three sides only are commonly exposed tosight. Hence a U-shaped mounting, laterally applied from rbelow to themetallic gas-pi pe or bracket-arm, will secure for it the desiredcovering, and give it the desired ornamental appearance and finish. v

sponding length and shape of cavity and plunger, for the pressing of anopen-sided trimming or mounting, B B. l

As shown in the drawing, d is the cavity and d1 the plunger, whichA'shapes `the opentopped lower part B of the center-piece, and e e1 arethe cavity and plunger which form the U-shaped mountin gs B B, which areto be applied to the bracket-arm al al. The work of pressing is done inthe ordinary Way. D2 is the ring-plate. The projection d2 makes a holethrough the lower end of the bottom part B of the center-piece, so thatby an eX- v tension of the stem a and a nut, a2, screwed thereon, suchlower part B of the center-piece may be secured in place. Theprojections or mandrels e2 also pass, at the proper points, through thebottoms of the U-shaped mountingsB, so as to provide holes therein fortheattachment of the' `gas cocks c, which latter, hearlng against theunder side of the mountings B, after the latter are in place, assist inholding them in position. The cavity of the female part of the mold mayhave the ornamental design shown, or other desired style ofornamentation, on its walls. v

The form and style of such open sided pressedglass trimmings ormountings may be varied to suit the varied shapes of' chandelier andwall brackets in use, as Well as the taste of designer. Other means ofattachment may likewise be employed; nor is it essential that the lowerhalf of the center-piece be pressed along with the bracket-m ountings,as these parts may be made separate. Where transparent glass isemployed, the gas pipe or bracket-arms are preferably plated or other-Wise protected as against oxidation but this need not be done whereglass is employed which is opaque or highly colored, or to which afrostedsurface is given.

The presentA application is continedl'to the article produced, so thatthe mold and plunger I described will form the subject-matter ot aseparate application; and, in so far as relates to the combination ofcenter-piece, bracketmonntings, bracketarms, and central supportingpipe, the bowlshaped center piece may be separately made,-and eitherpressed, as described, or blown in the usual way, the bracket-mountingsbeing pressed.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. Open-sided pressed glass trimmings ormountings, constructed for attachment to brackets and bracket-arms,.substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with radial brackets al,

`ment to a-supportingstem, a, two or more 'outwardly-extendingpressed-glass trimmingpieces, which` shall inclose or ornament thebracket-tubes' or-arms to which they are applied, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set :my-hand.

JoHN H. HoBBs.

Witnesses J. J. McOoRMIcK, GEORGE H. CHRISTY.

